tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post7863228178901953106..comments2023-09-20T16:55:09.433+01:00Comments on A Shiny World: The curious incident of the woman in casualty louloukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11562093751876067547noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-19584370568287640842015-11-19T01:04:22.452+00:002015-11-19T01:04:22.452+00:00Hiya - thank you for commenting. This actually mak...Hiya - thank you for commenting. This actually makes a lot of sense. I need to sit and do some serious thinking about this and what I can do to change it. Going back to university and studying this, and trying to become a leading expert seems to be the obvious answer but I don't know if I'm a) smart enough and b) well enough. You're right though, the flaw in all of this is a few steps back from frontline NHS. louloukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562093751876067547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-13151250734470127292015-11-18T20:51:53.256+00:002015-11-18T20:51:53.256+00:00I worked in the NHS as a doctor until I went off o...I worked in the NHS as a doctor until I went off on long term sick leave, was diagnosed with ASD and dismissed. I recently had a look at my medical school notes on autism. They said something along the lines of it is rare, mostly affects boys and 95% have an IQ < 100. This was around about 2002. I had no further training on autism after med school. I met an adult patient with autism once. As I had never met one before I did some reading and was very surprised that he appeared nothing like what was in the textbook! There is currently an excellent resource available from NHS Education for Scotland on ASD, but the problem is that autism is still considered a boys' disorder and so clinicians are unlikely to see the need to update their knowledge if they don't work in this area. I have a friend who is a medical student. They were told that it can be difficult to detect women with ASD, so things are moving on somewhat, but there is still a huge way to go in educating clinicians. Time is so precious when working for the NHS unless you see a need for specific training you will not make the time to do it. While ASD is still considered to be a childhood disorder of boys then no matter how good the educational material available, it will not get out to those who need it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com